April 27, 2009: A Tropical Heat Wave

Actions speak louder than words and budgets speak louder than actions. Another warm day today.  That is three really, really hot ones in a row. Liesl got Dominica up at five thirty this morning and would not let her go back to sleep.  At seven thirty I got up and took care of Liesl for …

April 26, 2009: We’re Having a Heat Wave

Today is my first day of taking the official Sunday shift (as opposed to just being paged out and getting stuck with it.)  I have been working every Sunday since mid-January so just being scheduled and knowing that I will be working on Sunday is, in a way, quite a bit nicer than being thrown …

April 23, 2009: The “Call” Comes in for the Congo

Not only did we go to bed last night at a decent hour but this morning I was able to really sleep in as well and then, once I finally did get up, I spent a while working from my BlackBerry.  I feel quite a bit better after actually getting some sleep. I had to …